Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Evening Edition: Trump ends advisory councils as CEOs quit over his remarks on Charlottesville

 
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Trump ends advisory councils as CEOs quit over his remarks on Charlottesville
Several corporate leaders had announced they were resigning from the President's Strategic and Policy Forum as well as a separate manufacturing council in recent days after Trump was slow to condemn white supremacy groups. But on Twitter, Trump said it was his decision to disband both councils.
Wonkblog • Analysis
Trump's solution to racism is 'jobs.' It's not that simple.
There's no evidence that racial tensions have eased as the economic recovery has gone on. 
 
Politicians, strangers among hundreds of mourners at funeral for Heather Heyer
For the Charlottesville victim's family, her memorial service is a deeply personal moment held on a highly politicized stage.
 
Sessions says Charlottesville car attack could be prosecuted as a hate crime
The attorney general says the attack, which he called domestic terrorism, is being "intensely" investigated.
 
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The U.S. Capitol has at least three times as many statues of Confederate figures as it does of black people
Most of the controversy over Confederate monuments has centered on those in cities and states. But monuments to the confederacy are well represented at the federal level as well, particularly in the U.S. Capitol.
 
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Baltimore hauls away four Confederate monuments overnight
The predawn move comes days after white-nationalist rallies in Charlottesville.
 
Critic's Notebook: Statues make definitive statements. That's why Confederate memorials must come down.
President Trump shredded the last reasonable argument to preserve the Lee statue.
 
'Astonishing': Late-night hosts process Trump's news conference
For the second night in a row, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and the others did not hold back.
 
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In Alabama, Senate Republicans have tied themselves to Trump. At what cost?
Republicans are horrified by Trump's moral equivalence on white supremacy. But he remains popular in Alabama, and they will rely on him to help their colleague, Sen. Luther Strange, secure the nomination for a special election for the U.S. Senate later this year.
 
Hope Hicks takes interim White House communications role amid search for Scaramucci replacement
Hicks, 28, one of Trump's most trusted confidants, will have a hand in finding a new White House communications chief.
 
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NAFTA talks are a major test for Trump — and they won't be easy
Trade talks, which began Wednesday, could fulfill one of Trump's biggest political promises but they also risk upsetting the economy.
 
A pop culture guide for the eclipse, from Bugs Bunny to the Simpsons to Little Shop of Horrors
Suffering from a total eclipse of the heart? These are the best videos to get you ready for the big event next Monday.
 
See the cool kids lined up outside that new restaurant? This app pays them to stand there.
Welcome to "crowdcasting," which gives businesses a way to drum up buzz — with a few tricks learned from Instagram.
 
A mob of beachgoers wanted to play with a baby dolphin — and wound up killing it
The animal was stranded on a Spanish beach last week. Some of the people holding it and taking pictures with it accidentally covered its blowhole, which dolphins use to breathe.
 
 
     
 
 
 
 

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